Count That Day Lost by George Eliot

Count That Day Lost by George Eliot

Open Ended

Complete the sentence

Our day is good when _____

Open Ended

Complete the sentence

Our day is lost when -----

​If you sit down at set of sun

And count the acts that you have done,

And, counting, find

One self-denying deed, one word

That eased the heart of him who heard,

One glance most kind

That fell like sunshine where it went --

Then you may count that day well spent.

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But if, through all the livelong day,

You've cheered no heart, by yea or nay --

If, through it all

You've nothing done that you can trace

That brought the sunshine to one face--

No act most small

That helped some soul and nothing cost --

Then count that day as worse than lost.

Open Ended

Write two things which make a day "well spent" according to the poet

Open Ended

Write two things which make a day "worse than lost" according to the poet

​Compare and Contrast

​How are they the same?

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​How are they different?

Now let's compare and contrast the two stanzas of the poem​

Fill in the Blank

Complet the sentence. Write one word.

The first stanza describes a _____ day

Fill in the Blank

Complete the sentence. Write one word

The second stanza describes _____ day

POST READING ACTIVITY

Choose one option

1. Draw a picture that describes the poem and give it a suitable caption.

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​2. Look up two pictures in the Interent, one picture that describes a good day and another picture that describes a lost day. Describe each picture with one sentence.